About The Word Vegetative
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Vegetative
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What's The Definition Of Vegetative?
[adj] composed of vegetation or plants; "regions rich in vegetal products"; "vegetational cover"; "the decaying vegetative layer covering a forest floor"
[adj] (of reproduction) characterized by asexual processes [adj] (physiology) used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation" [adj] of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous; "a dull vegetative lifestyle" Synonyms | Synonyms for Vegetative: asexual | involuntary | nonsexual | vegetable | vegetal | vegetational | vegetive Related Terms | Find terms related to Vegetative: See Also | Vegetative In Webster's Dictionary \Veg"e*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tatif.]
1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants;
capable of vegetating.
2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the
vegetative properties of soil.
3. (Biol.) Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking
of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of
nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively
animal functions; vegetal. -- {Veg"e*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
{Veg"e*ta*tive*ness}, n.
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